Parallel Universe

[Reply #40 on:]

 

Originally posted by coldangel_1:
That's what the Judge said.

[*Sigh*]

How do I just know what website Ralph introduced you to? 

[Reply #41 on:]

I'm telling you Spacey, this boy is gonna be trouble

But good or bad, can't wait to find out

[Reply #42 on:]

 

Originally posted by jle1993:
I'm telling you Spacey, this boy is gonna be trouble

Uhm... did you mean Ralph, or ColdAngel?
Ralph' is already trouble  (but I love him anyway), and ColdAngel has a strike agin'im for hanging out with Ralph.

But good or bad, can't wait to find out

Yeah... me too... It's not unlike enjoying 'da ship'...
I'm a glutton for punishment. [*Shrug*]

[Reply #43 on:]

Don't judge a book by its cover. Judge it by the FILTHY illustrations in the middle.

[Reply #44 on:]

Thats the boy I was talking about Spacey. I don't think its Ralph's fault that hes like that, Coldangel was just waiting for an excuse to start.

[Reply #45 on:]

I didn't fight and die in two world wars to be called 'boy'! 

[Reply #46 on:]

That maybe so, but the way you talk remains me of a teenager, over hormonal and randy

[Reply #47 on:]

Ho-ho-ho.
To be fair I haven't been laid in six years. Cut me a measure of slack, lass. 

[Reply #48 on:]

Okay, but only because I feel sympathy for you, lad 

[Reply #49 on:]

'Lad' I can live with. I do have Scottish ancestory. Sympathy is nice, just as long as it isn't really pity in disguise.

[Reply #50 on:]

I feel no pity for anyone.
I like Scotland, so wild...

[Reply #51 on:]

Yes. Scotland... I've never actually been, but I'm apparently a descendent of the legendary Scotish folk hero Rob Roy McGreggor, who was from an old line of highland kings. This is true. There was a movie made about him few years back starring Liam Neeson.
Interesting, no? I have some vaguely regal blood sloshing around in my veins.

[Reply #52 on:]

Ohhh, a royal, now that I can like
Damn my weakness for high ranking people

[Reply #53 on:]

A royal who lives on microwaved noodles, no less. Right up the social ladder.

[Reply #54 on:]

LOL, you're funny do you know that?

[Reply #55 on:]

Someone has to be.
Hey, maybe some folk from the show read these threads and are thinking the same thing...

I'M LOOKING FOR WORK, GUYS! PLEASE!

Getting a gig writing for Futurama would be damn cool. Actually, being paid money to write ANYTHING would be damn cool.

I have a lot of Hermes "Sweet {ANIMAL} of {SOMEPLACE}" lines worked out. I'm sure the Curiosity Company needs some more of them.

COME ON GUYS - YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO PAY ME VERY MUCH!!

Yes... this is how I search for a job without getting up. Clever, aren't I? Clever like a mongoose.

[Reply #56 on:]

Maybe you should focus on selling your drawings

[Reply #57 on:]

I'll sell anything I can. Including my body.

....
....Need a liver? Mine's seen MINIMAL alcohol abuse.

[Reply #58 on:]

LOL, on second thoughts, I like your comedy

[Reply #59 on:]

I like that you think I was joking.

[Reply #60 on:]

You weren't?

[Reply #61 on:]

I never joke about live organ donation. Really, do you want my liver? I need an answer quick because I've actually already sliced it out and I'm gettin a bit woozy. I got a guy in Vietnam says he'll give me US$700 for it. If you can top that, it's yours.

Oooh.... blood....
Quick.... money!

*thump*

[Reply #62 on:]

*stitchs liver back in place*
You NEED your liver! Without it you'll die and then I'll be able to steal all you money.

[Reply #63 on:]

I need my liver?
Liver... to live...?
Live-r = live... okay, makes sense.

[Reply #64 on:]

Good, now promise you won't try anything like that again

[Reply #65 on:]

At least with an organ I have only one of.
Kidneys, on the other hand, there are two!

SPECIAL TWO-FOR-ONE OFFER!!!

...no wait, bad idea.

[Reply #66 on:]

Very bad, why don't you try keeping your organs

[Reply #67 on:]

Same reason I sold those Iranian women to the brothel owner - They're just worth so much MONEY!

[Reply #68 on:]

organs aren't worth that much nowadays anyway, "I take lungs now, gills come next week"

and wasn't this topic about how parallel that other universe of PE was, it never actually came to mind for me

[Reply #69 on:]

Parallel (Alternate) Universes do not follow any set parameters. That's why the word 'parallel' in that context is deceptive.

[Reply #70 on:]

 

Originally posted by coldangel_1:
Parallel (Alternate) Universes do not follow any set parameters. That's why the word 'parallel' in that context is deceptive.

Perhaps a better word might be "analogous."

[Reply #71 on:]

Indeed. And don't anyone call them 'dimensions', or I'll belt you around the head with a coffee table.

[Reply #72 on:]

 

Originally posted by coldangel_1:
Indeed. And don't anyone call them 'dimensions', or I'll belt you around the head with a coffee table.

I understand your anger, but your violence is premature.
The use of the word "dimension" is not innappropriate in this application. See sense five.

[Reply #73 on:]

I shall now narrow my eyes in mild disdain.

Level of existence or consciousness. In effect a *plane*. However many planes of existence there are, 'dimensions' as it were, they are what comprises a single Universe. They are portions of the whole, and all Universes have them. Just like countries have states - California is not a seperate country to the USA.

Honestly, what are they teaching in schools these days? Golly gosh, the drivel that passes for advanced quantum mechanics, I don't know... 

[Reply #74 on:]

Okay, picture a two-dimensional universe.  Now picture another two-dimentional universe laid atop it in the third dimension.

"Another dimension" has long been science-fiction shorthand for "Another universe parallel to the first, located in the next unseen dimension."

[Reply #75 on:]

Eh?

[Reply #76 on:]

 

Originally posted by coldangel_1:
I shall now narrow my eyes in mild disdain.

Have at it!    

Level of existence or consciousness. In effect a *plane*. However many planes of existence there are, 'dimensions' as it were, they are what comprises a single Universe.

And there it is:
This seems to be the main bone of contention.
There are those who say such areas of space-time are a part of our own universe.
Others say they are separate universes.
Personally, I take no stand one way or the other.
If I may make an analogy:
Some weeks ago, the IAU “demoted” Pluto from its traditional status as a planet, calling it a “Dwarf-Planet.” This caused quite the uproar in the media, with newspaper stories, magazine articles, TV news reports, sound-bites, blog entries, and charts, and graphs, and pictures, yadda, yadda, yadda...

But PLUTO had changed not one whit!

If such alternate universes, dimensions, planes, or whatever exist, they are what they are regardless of what human scientists, science-fiction writers, or we, for that matter, choose to call them. 

Honestly, what are they teaching in schools these days? Golly gosh, the drivel that passes for advanced quantum mechanics, I don't know...   

I haven’t a clue either.
The only mechanics I’ve studied to any degree are auto-mechanics, and celestial mechanics... but that was a few years ago.
I wanted to become a Quantum Mechanic, but I couldn’t afford the union dues...   

[Edit]

Originally posted by Shiny:
Okay, picture a two-dimensional universe.  Now picture another two-dimentional universe laid atop it in the third dimension.."

In other words, "M-Theory."

"Another dimension" has long been science-fiction shorthand for "Another universe parallel to the first, located in the next unseen dimension."

It's a plot device (however you want to call it) allowing a writer to explain a situation, and then have the characters experience variations on it.
Not unlike Larry Niven's "All the Myriad Ways," or any what-if simulation in Futurama.

Note to self: Read all the *@&#^$%! posts first!

[Reply #77 on:]

Big words, head spinning, world fading *collaspes*

[Reply #78 on:]

 

Originally posted by jle1993:
Big words, head spinning, world fading *collaspes*

[*Nudge*] [*Nudge*]

Maybe you have low blood-sugar? 

Here; have a cookie. 

[Reply #79 on:]

*bolts up* Cookie YAY, thx Spacey, you're a real pal